GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1999

H	2 

HOUSE BILL 1245
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/27/99

Short Title:  3rd Degree Sex Offense.	(Public)

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April 15, 1999

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO CREATE THE CRIME OF THIRD-DEGREE SEXUAL OFFENSE AND TO REQUIRE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION FOR CONVICTION OF THAT OFFENSE.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 7A of Chapter 14 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 14-27.5A.  Third-degree sexual offense.
(a)	A person is guilty of a sexual offense in the third degree if the person either:
(1)	By force and against the will of the other person takes or attempts to take any immoral, improper, or indecent liberties with any person of either sex 16 years of age or older for the purpose of arousing or gratifying sexual desire; or
(2)	By force and against the will of the other person commits or attempts to commit any lewd or lascivious act upon or with the body or any part or member of the body of any person of either sex 16 years of age or older.
(b)	Third-degree forcible sexual offense is a Class F felony."
Section 2.  G.S. 14-208.6(5) reads as rewritten:
"(5)	‘Sexually violent offense' means a violation of G.S. 14-27.2 (first degree rape), G.S. 14-27.3 (second degree rape), G.S. 14-27.4 (first degree sexual offense), G.S. 14-27.5 (second degree sexual offense), G.S. 14-27.5A (third-degree sexual offense), G.S. 14-27.6 (attempted rape or sexual offense), G.S. 14-27.7 (intercourse and sexual offense with certain victims), G.S. 14-178 (incest between near relatives), G.S. 14-190.6 (employing or permitting minor to assist in offenses against public morality and decency), G.S. 14-190.16 (first degree sexual exploitation of a minor), G.S. 14-190.17 (second degree sexual exploitation of a minor), G.S. 14-190.17A (third degree sexual exploitation of a minor), G.S. 14-190.18 (promoting prostitution of a minor), G.S. 14-190.19 (participating in prostitution of a minor), or G.S. 14-202.1 (taking indecent liberties with children)."
Section 3.  This act becomes effective December 1, 1999, and applies to offenses committed on or after that date.